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Big business to Trump: Don't gut the State Department

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

Ahead of the White House's budget proposal this week, which is rumored to cut 31% from the budgets of State Department and USAID, hundreds of top business leaders have sent Secretary of State Rex Tillerson a letter urging him to fight for funding for State, per the WSJ.

A key quote: "With 95 percent of the world's consumers outside the United States and many of the fastest growing economies in the developing world, now is the time to double down on America's global economic leadership."

A taste of the signatories: Top executives from Walmart, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, GE, Nike, UPS, and Marriott.